TERMS OF GROWING CEMPEDAK FRUIT PLANT
*. Climate
Cempedak trees are suitable to grow in areas that have an average annual rainfall of 1500-2500 mm and the dry season is not too hard.
Average minimum air temperature is 16-21 degrees C and maximum air temperature is 31.5 degrees C. 31-
High humidity is needed to reduce evaporation.
*. Soil
Cempedak trees are maintained in various types of soil, but prefer alluvial, deep clay / sandy clay and also irrigation.
Generally, the preferred soil is loose soil and little sand.
Cempedak trees are resistant to low pH (acid soils) with a pH of 6.0-7.5, but the optimum pH is 6-7.
*. Land Height
Cempedak trees can grow from the lowlands to an initial height of 1,300 m above sea level.
But the height of the best place to grow cempedak is between 0-800 m above sea level
*. Seed Selection
Cempedak fruit seeds can be taken from generative results, Choose the best seeds are seeds that come from ripe fruit on the tree. then select larger rounded seeds. Then plant the seeds in polybag size of 1 liter.
After watering regularly for up to half a year, and then the plants are ready for planting.
In addition, cempedak fruit seeds can also be taken from vegetative results, propagation by grafting. You can get vegetative cempedak seeds at a trusted seed shop
*. Land Processing
The land that will be used for planting should be cleaned first from the grass, the remaining felling, wild plants or hijacked.
Around the land or garden should be made drainage channels, this is intended to avoid the presence of puddles.
Land processing activities should be carried out before the rainy season.
*. Planting Stage
Plant spacing for cempedak plants should use a size of 10 × 10 meters or 12 × 12 meters, because if the distance is too close, the tree will not have many branches and of course the fruit will also be lacking.
The size of the planting hole can use a size of 80 x 80 x 70 cm or 70 x 70 x 60 cm, top soil excavation (20 cm) separated by the bottom of the mine and left for 2-3 weeks.
The planting hole is closed again, with digging soil first entering after mixed with organic fertilizer / compost as much as + 30 kg / hole.
Planting the rainy season is done in the early afternoon so the seeds have been planted not directly exposed to the sun.
The seedlings are planted about 5 cm above the base of the stem and tied to the stem / bamboo so that the plant can grow upright.
Newly planted seeds must be shaded to avoid heavy rain from the sun. Shade can be dismantled after 3-5 months of old plants.
The soil around the plant is recommended to cover grass / straw as a closed mulch, so that soil moisture can be stabilized
*. Maintenance phase
4.1 Weed Cleaning
At the time of plant enlargement, the grass does not have to be sprayed, simply trimmed and allowed to dry around the roots of the plant.
This is quite useful as an organic fertilizer.
If sprayed, plant root growth is also disrupted, as a result the plant will turn yellow.
In addition, if the plants are fruitful, the risk of failing to bear fruit or fruit is sour and tasteless
In the process of maintenance, when the tip of the leaf begins to appear as a small ovary (actually interest in Cempedak) or buds that appear on the stems and branches of plants, the sign the plant will soon bear fruit. Then you have to do the erosion of weeding dry leaves around the roots, using 3-4m scrap diameter garbage, because it is wider and better.
Then heap of grass and leaves, which will be used for fumigation. Fumigation is done to get enough oxygen plant roots and the soil around the roots is moist and not wet. The benefits of cleaning the roots are very large, because if done before the fruit, the fruit will be denser and reduce the risk of rotten fruit. In addition, the fruit buds will go out faster so that they bear a little earlier than others.
Cempedak fruit that begins to swell must be wrapped to prevent attacks from the worm, fruit flies and prey attacks like squirrels. But if it's still small, then you don't have to be wrapped first, because the pollen attachment is still ongoing.
Use the wrap in the form of a black plastic bag, with the appropriate size. Then the hole at the bottom and wrap the plastic around 2-3cm pieces one at a time. If there is an attack when planting a black monkey, then do not use plastic bags from white or colored plastic.
Perform fumigation processes for fruit flies that cause fruit rot. Fumigation is done by burning the leaves and grass that has been stacked, and make sure the smoke comes out of thick smoke, not fire.
Perform cleaning of damaged fruit, and picking fruit and away from trees or into fogging fire. Because if it's too late to separate the damaged fruit, it will be a big risk for other buag and will participate in the rotten fruit that is not affordable to wrap.
*. Harvest Stage
Harvesting cempedak fruit plants, in one ordinary fruit bunch containing 3-10 fruits. Use a pin and a puncture needle one of the top of the fruit stalk (in a clump), if the taste of hard seeds means this fruit is long enough and can be picked.
Thus is the right blend of cultivation of cempedak fruit plants in order to be able to grow well and bear fruit optimally, hopefully this information can provide an initial picture in cultivating cempedak plants